Research Data Access and Preservation Summit 2018

Rebekah Kati, the Institutional Repository Librarian, attended the Research Data Access and Preservation Summit in Chicago, IL. This yearly conference facilitates discussion of issues and best practices for research data among librarians and research data managers. Highlights of the conference included:

Tom Schenk (City of Chicago) described how Chicago is collecting and utilizing open data. His office is using data to create tools to inform the community and to identify areas where city services are needed.